28934780.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  12 May 49 12/1415Z | Holloman AFB, New Mexico  |
|  2. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Astro (STARS/PLANETS)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Disappeared behind clouds.  |
|  Two |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  4 minutes | Observer sighted an object that was white with a greenish tinge. It was shaped like a fuzzy star. The object appeared in the East. It was stationary. The observer was Dr Menzel of Harvard. He believed it to be some sort of astronomical phenomena.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION …

UNCLASSIFIED
SECRET
-35-

I wear glasses, bifocals, I turned and shifted my head to make sure that the phenomenon was real. I lowered the window another turn or two. The patches remained. I was still unaware that the phenomenon was exceptional until the southern object suddenly disappeared. I then asked the driver to stop the car, but the northern object vanished at that moment. The northern one had been slightly brighter. At maximum brilliance the patches must have been of zero to first stellar magnitude. The color was white possibly with a greenish tinge. They endured for about 4 minutes, du…

UNCLASSIFIED
INCIDENT NO. 359

1. Date of Observation 12 May 1949 Date of Interview
2. Exact Time (local) 0915-0930
3. Place of Observation Holloman AF Base, N.M.
4. Position of observer Ground in auto
5. What attracted attention to object While watching moon
6. Number of objects 2
7. Apparent size 1/4 Dia. of moon estimate 3/4 mile
8. Color of object White with greenish tinge
9. Shape Like Fuzzy star
10. Altitude 3-4° above Horizon
11. Direction from observer East
12. Distance from observer 180 miles away
13. Direction of flight of object(s)
14. Time in sight 4 minutes
15. Speed
16. Sound and…

UNCLASSIFIED
DHM/jc1
16 May 1949

REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL (?) NATURAL (?) PHENOMENON

TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

On the night of May 12, 1949, while enroute from Holloman Air Force Base to Alamogordo, New Mexico, in a two-door sedan, I noted an atmospheric or celestial (?) phenomenon that I have been unable to explain. I am still not entirely convinced that what I saw may not have been an optical illusion of an unusual character.

Shortly after leaving Holloman Base, I looked out toward the Sacramento Range, to the East. The time was about 9:30, possibly as early as 9:15. I was watching the moon ri…

UNCLASSIFIED
Page 2 Incident 359
Name and address of observer: ~~Dorothy~~ Harvard Observatory,
Cambridge, Mass.
Occupation and hobbies:
Comments of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer(s):
NARRATIVE SUMMARY:

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
DHM/jc1
HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE
ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO
16 May 1949

REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL (?) NATURAL (?) PHENOMENON
TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

On the night of May 12, 1949, while enroute from Holloman Air Force Base to Alamogordo, New Mexico, in a two-door sedan, I noted an atmospheric or celestial (?) phenomenon that I have been unable to explain. I am still not entirely convinced that what I saw may not have been an optical illusion of an unusual character.

Shortly after leaving Holloman Base, I looked out toward the Sacramento Range, to the East. The time was about 9:30, possibl…

UNCLASSIFIED

I wear glasses, bifocals, I turned and shifted my head to make sure that the phenomenon was real. I lowered the window another turn or two. The patches remained. I was still unaware that the phenomenon was exceptional until the southern object suddenly disappeared. I then asked the driver to stop the car, but the northern object vanished at that moment. The northern one had been slightly brighter. At maximum brilliance the patches must have been of zero to first stellar magnitude. The color was white possibly with a greenish tinge. They endured for about 4 minutes, during which t…